Fugitive murder suspect collared in Schenectady

By Paul Nelson

Published 6:34 pm, Wednesday, October 9, 2013

A murder suspect being sought in connection with a summer slaying in Pennsylvania was nabbed without incident in Schenectady early Wednesday morning, according to federal marshals in Pennsylvania.

Halim Bowen was arrested by the New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force in Albany and Schenectady police on the 300 block of Brandywine Avenue, said authorities. He is awaiting extradition to York County in Pennsylvania.

Authorities say Bowen, 23, walked into a tavern in the 300 block of Walnut Street in York, Pa. on Aug. 17 and shot the victim in the back.

Four days later, an arrest warrant charging Bowen with criminal homicide, was issued.